1. Regional Collaborative Networks September 2014

2. START Office STAFF Jana Benjamin—Project Manager Kellie Bolster—Project Coordinator Melissa Kurek—Office Manager

3. www.gvsu.edu/autismcenter Continuous Improvement

5. The Peer to Peer Quilt Check out the quilt for your next event!!! CONTACT MELISSA KUREK KUREKM@GVSU.EDU COMING SOON: Online Checkout System!!! Be sure to fill out a page in the scrap book about your event—include pics too!!

6. Griffin & Hammis Online Training TOKENS AVAILABLE Transition Coordinators Transition Teachers Administrators Itinerant Staff NOTE—Open the email IMMEDIATELY and LOG IN to avoid losing the token. Once open, you have a year to complete the training. Good for One Online Griffin & Hammis Training on Discovery and Customized Employment

7. RCN Reporting Docs CAUTION: --Copy and Paste (don’t cut and paste or the item will be removed from its original location) --Don’t work on docs at the same time—it will only save one version

8. Technical Assistance (TA) Peer to Peer Support TA Application http://www.gvsu.edu/autismcenter/peer-to-peer-support-2-140.htm (bottom of the page) http://www.gvsu.edu/autismcenter/peer-to-peer-support-2-140.htm Community Conversations TA Application http://www.gvsu.edu/autismcenter/building-your-future-project-139.htm http://www.gvsu.edu/autismcenter/building-your-future-project-139.htm (bottom of page)

9. 2015-16 START IT Early Childhood K-12 Building Your Future (BYF)

10. 2015 START Conference April 27 @ Lansing Crowne Keynote: V. Mark Durand, Ph.D. “An Optimistic Approach to Helping Students with Challenging Behaviors” Breakouts—2 sessions --Sleep Better! Improving Sleep for Persons with ASD V. Mark Durand, Ph.D. --Teaching Complex Skills to Facilitate Success After Early Intensive Behavioral Intervention (must register for both sessions 1 & 2): Linda LeBlanc, PhD. --Managing Self-Management: Maureen Ziegler and Kelly Dunlap, START Project --Technology Supports: Kindy Segovia, Kent ISD --Implementing the Empowerment Model for Secondary Transition: Laurie VanderPloeg and Michael Bausano, Kent ISD --Self-Advocacy and Students with ASD: Laurie Potie, Shepherd Public Schools --Manding and More for Young Children: Kick Starting Communication: Amy Matthews, Ph.D. and Jamie Owen-DeSchryver, Ph.D., START Project --If My Life Were A Movie: Matt Romback, Individual on the Spectrum

11. Spring Leadership April 28, 2015 @ Lansing Crowne Topics: –Data review from individual student data collection –Grant Management (ex. processes for completing mid / end year reports) –Update the integration of MDE priorities –Family Focus: Passport –PD/Coaching--Livingston and Ingham* –Transition: Wayne Community Conversation –Peer to peer – Hamilton (all levels)

12. Other Statewide Trainings Centralized Evaluation Team (CET): March 23 Location: Wayne RESA PBIS Module—to be scheduled early summer Registration: –START Website  START EventsSTART Events

13. RCN Mid Year Report 2014-15 1.PD with Impact 2.Coaching for Implementation of EBP 3.Secondary Transition –V3 Discovery –Community Conversations 4.Peer to Peer

14. RCN Reporting Peer to Peer Data Community Conversation Data Student Data Mid Year Report due: February 1 –Report Changes End of Year Report due: July 15

15. RCN Communication Plan and 2014-15 Calendar